Microsoft Updates its Business Intelligence Strategy

Microsoft just posted an update to its business intelligence strategy on the Microsoft Excel blog.  They write:

PerformancePoint allows you to create context-based web dashboards that can change based on the user's selection, and provide additional commentary via a browser.  You can easily include your existing workbooks within the PerformancePoint Dashboard, thus leveraging your analysis to explain a recent trend, promote further analysis, or justify a decision. Having everyone on the same page just got easier. 

In other words, Microsoft is evangelizing the same core values and features that we're focused on for Swivel Business.  We believe that a rising tide lifts all boats, and are excited about this update to Microsoft's BI strategy.  The more people who have access to data, the better decisions the world will make.